Breath ( Soom )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/04/2008
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Actors: In-Hyeong Gang, Chen Chang, Jung-woo Ha, Ki-duk Kim, Ji-a Park
Manhunt ( Rovdyr )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/04/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Patrik Syversen
Actors: Kristina Leganger Aaserud, Janne Beate Bønes, Henriette Bruusgaard, Jørn Bjørn Fuller Gee, Gudmund Groven, Trym Hagen
One Missed Call
Theatrical Release Date: 01/04/2008
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Eric Valette
Actors: Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns, Azura Skye, Ray Wise, Ana Claudia Talancón, Jessica Brown
Plot: A remake of the 2003 version of the same name, people begin to receive voice-mails left by their future selves.
Dante 01
Theatrical Release Date: 01/02/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marc Caro
Actors: Lambert Wilson, Linh Dan Pham, Simona Maicanescu, Dominique Pinon, Bruno Lochet, Gérald Laroche
Africa Unite: A Celebration of Bob Marley's 60th Birthday
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephanie Black
Actors: Firoz Hirji Nazisi, Marley Mirene, Portia Phalafala, Rita Marley, Danny Glover, Cedella Booker
American Breakdown
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Brooks, Erik MacArthur
Actors: Scott Caan, Steve Carell, James Gandolfini, Paris Hilton, Paul Walker
Animal 2
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ryan Combs
Actors: Ving Rhames, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Richard Waugh, Yannick Bisson, Conrad Dunn, Benz Antoine
Plot: James "Animal" Allen is in prison again after taking the fall for his son, who is now reformed. But his son is framed for murder, and the guy calling the shots is on the inside with James.
The Black List: Volume One
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Actors: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Russell Simmons, Louis Gossett Jr., Colin Powell, Toni Morrison
Boy Meets Boy
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jho Kwang-soo Kim
Plot: Two boys meet on a bus and there is an instant connection. However, their stories are
more entwined than it would initially seem.
Brittown
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Zack Coffman
Actors: Jeff 'Meatball' Tulinius, Marc Locke, Gus Duarte
Brother's War
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jerry Buteyn
Actors: Tino Struckmann, Michael Berryman, Hugh Daly, Olivier Gruner, Hayley Carr, Adam Leadbeater
Colin
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marc Price
Actors: Alastair Kirton, Daisy Aitkens, Kate Alderman, Leanne Pammen, Tat Whalley, Kerry Owen
Plot: For most zombie films, the audience is being shown the humans side - this film takes a different approach. The hero of the story (Colin) is bitten by a zombie and reawakens as one of the undead. We follow his journey through his cannibalistic travels during the zombie outbreak - meeting people he used to know, and objects he used to own - giving us an idea of who he was, and what he has become.
Come Together
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles B. Unger
Actors: Vanessa Gomez, Cooney Horvath, Jen Kim, Spencer Ryan, Mark Strano, Marisa Sullivan
Dead Eyes Open
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ralf Möllenhoff
Actors: Birgit Dziobek, Rocco Finamore, Malte Gutkowski, Sonja Imping, Detlef Klewer, George A. Romero
Plot: A group of campers looking to get away from technology travel to the countryside only to come face to face with an outbreak of the living dead.
Eavesdrop
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Matthew Miele
Actors: Anna Chlumsky, Alan Ruck, Christopher Lawford, Josh Barrett, Wendie Malick, Susan Misner
Finish Line
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gerry Lively
Actors: Sam Page, Scott Baio, Taylor Cole, Ian Reed Kesler, Dan Lauria, Timilee Romolini
Food Matters
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Colquhoun, Carlo Ledesma
Actors: Charlotte Gerson, Ian Brighthope, David Wolfe, Jerome Burne, Dan Rogers, Victor Zeines
Goth Cruise
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeanie Finlay
Actors: Andi Sex Gang, Amanda Gamsby, Wayne Hussey, Ian Sturrock, Voltaire, Bob Westphal
Plot: A documentary about hundreds of goths who go on an annual Caribbean cruise.
Herb and Dorothy
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Megumi Sasaki
Actors: Herbert Vogel, Dorothy Vogel, Pat Steir, Robert Barry, Lynda Benglis, Lawrence Weiner
How 2 Build a Rapper
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cetre Pegues, Lewis Powell
Actors: Johnpaul McLean, Big Boi, Jazze Pha, Marvin Hardy, Zukhan Bey, Darius Jones
Plot: This DocuDramedy follows a young artist as he's put through the paces by two producers looking to answer the question: Can You Build a Rapper?
Johnny Cash's America
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Gordon
Kicking the Dog
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Randy Scooter Lammey
Actors: Carl T. Evans, Elizabeth Schmidt, Laura Bach, Jarrod Pistilli, Scott Laska, Vedette Lim
Lake Mungo
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joel Anderson
Actors: Talia Zucker, Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe, Steve Jodrell, Tamara Donnellan
The Lazarus Project
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Glenn
Actors: Paul Walker, Piper Perabo, Brooklynn Proulx, Bob Gunton, Lambert Wilson, Linda Cardellini
Plot: A former criminal is drawn into a criminal endeavor and subsequently finds himself living an inexplicable new life working at a psychiatric facility.
Letting Go of God
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Julia Sweeney
Actors: Julia Sweeney
Plot: A filmed version of the Julia Sweeney monologue in which she tells the story of how she came to gradually question her religious beliefs and embrace atheism.
Live Fast, Die Young
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Director: Timothy A. Chey
Actors: Tammy Felice, Eric Feliciano, Joleigh Fioreavanti, Nicole Kingston
Lloyd Neck
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Benedict Campbell
Actors: Aaron Michael Davies, Carina Goldbach, Brian Dare
Plot: Two gay friends (who may be in love), along with a little sister, hang out for a day in the
wilderness.
Madame Tutli-Putli
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
Actors: Laurie Maher
Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dmitry Trakovsky
Actors: Andrei Andreevich Tarkovsky, Franco Terilli, Domiziana Giordano, Ilya Khrjanovsky, Michal Leszczylowski, Vyacheslav Ivanov
Plot: A full-length documentary to discover the world of Andrei Tarkovsky, 20 years after his death.
The Neighbor
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Eddie O'Flaherty
Actors: Matthew Modine, Michèle Laroque, Katie Walder, Richard Kind, Danielle Bisutti, Ann Cusack
Pilgrim's Progress
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Danny Carrales
Actors: Daniel Kruse, Jeremiah Guelzo, Hugh McLean, Reid Dalton, Rodney Harter, Adam Salvia
Plot: Pilgrim's Progress is based upon a book written in the mid 1600's. A man named Christian discovers a day of destruction, and must find the narrow path leading to the Celestial city, and lift the burden of the world off his back.
Pistol Whipped
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roel Reiné
Actors: Steven Seagal, Bernie McInerney, Lance Henriksen, Ashley Greenfield, Arthur J. Nascarella, Antoni Corone
Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Markus Heidingsfelder, Min Tesch
Reptisaurus
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christopher Ray
Actors: Gil Gerard, Bernard Fredericks, Michael Caden, Eric Fischer, Gerald Webb, Caroline Attwood
Plot: On a remote island, experiments to combine the genes of a snake and a bat
result in a terrifying creature - that, of course, escapes. A group washes
up on shore of this seemingly deserted island and have to contend with not
just surviving but also facing this creature.
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marina Zenovich
Actors: Roman Polanski, Douglas Dalton, Roger Gunson, Mia Farrow, Daniel Melnick, Andrew Braunsberg
Plot: Marina Zenovich's new documentary examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
S.E.R.E.
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Angus Fletcher
Actors: Meeghan Holaway, Justin Huen, Gary Perez, Kevin Nichols, Kenny McClain, Nick Thurston
Plot: Four American Soldiers trapped in Saudi prison and are tortured for information about their operation. They try an stay true to the SERE training they were taught: Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape.
Sp!t
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rotimi Rainwater
Actors: Rosario Dawson, Mollie Angelheart, Carlos Andrés Gómez, Craig muMs Grant, Russell Simmons, Woody Harrelson
Spy School
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Blutman
Actors: Forrest Landis, AnnaSophia Robb, Rider Strong, Lea Thompson, D.L. Hughley, Roger Bart
Stranded in Canton
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William J. Eggleston
Actors: Furry Lewis
Strictly Sexual
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joel Viertel
Actors: Amber Benson, Kristen Kerr, Johann Urb, Stevie Long, Brooke Allen, Trevor Murphy
Ten Empty
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Hayes
Actors: Daniel Frederiksen, Lucy Bell, Jack Thompson, Brendan Cowell, Geoff Morrell, Tom Budge
Trailer Park of Terror
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Goldmann
Actors: Nichole Hiltz, Trace Adkins, Duane Whitaker, Priscilla Barnes, J.P. Manoux, Lew Temple
Plot: A group of teens returning home from a character-building retreat seek shelter from a raging storm after their bus crashes, only to find themselves pitted against an evil that even their youth ministries pastor might not be able to defeat.
Transsiberian
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brad Anderson
Actors: Ben Kingsley, Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara, Thomas Kretschmann, Eduardo Noriega
Plot: A couple travels across the frozen tundra from China through Russia when they encounter an odd traveling couple much like themselves. But their lives are twisted when a murder occurs and everything does not appear as it should.
Troubadors
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Adam Galassi, Tom Galassi, Tom Snyder
Actors: David Marcotte, Patrick Zielinski, Amy Sokol, Craig Barnes, Tom Galassi, Tammy Stackpoole
Welcome to the Land of the Ch'tis ( Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dany Boon
Plot: When Philippe Abrams (Kad Merad) is transferred to the "north" of France, he finds that life up there is as strange as he's heard about.
Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox ( Yeu woo bi )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Anime/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Seong-kang Lee
Actors: Deok-Hwan Ryu, Ye-jin Son
Plot: Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox revolves around a kumiho, a nine-tailed fox that can assume different forms including human. Kumiho are familiar figures in Korean folk tales, and they are usually depicted as magical creatures that take female form to lure and prey on humans. This time, however, our protagonist is a young, kind-hearted fox with only five tails, instead of nine. The film is written by renowned director Lee Chang Dong (Green Fish), and voiced by Son Ye Jin (April Snow), Gong Hyung Jin (Marrying the Mafia III), and Ryu Deok Hwan (Like a Virgin).
Bernard and Doris
Theatrical Release Date: 12/31/2007
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Balaban
Actors: Vincent Bagnall, Peter Asher, Ralph Fiennes, Don Harvey, Susan Sarandon, Nick Rolfe
The Shadow in the North
Theatrical Release Date: 12/30/2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Alexander
Actors: Billie Piper, JJ Feild, Julian Rhind-Tutt, John Standing, Matt Smith, Owen Roe
